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EVERETT 2044 <br />COMPREHENSIVE PLAN <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> 6/17/2025 <br />COMPREHENSIVE PLAN <br />TRANSPORTATION ELEMENT <br /> Page 105 <br />Coordination with Land Use <br />All the proposed changes proposed in the Urban Form element were integral throughout the research, <br />modeling and development of the Transportation element. For details how each area of the city is <br />designated refer to the land use map in the Urban Form element. <br />Mode Split Goals <br />The City must set goals for how people get to and around its regional centers (Metro Everett and <br />Southwest Manufacturing Industrial Center). The goals are divided by the different modes of <br />transportation. The mode split goals need to align with policies, programs and projects to make these <br />areas more accessible for walking, biking, and transit. The following table shows the mode split goals for <br />Downtown Everett and for Paine Field. <br />Everett 2044 Mode Split Goals <br />MODE DOWNTOWN EVERETT PAINE FIELD <br />Drive Alone 43% 60% <br />Carpool 22% 20% <br />Transit 10% 6% <br />Walk/Bike 15% 4% <br />Work From Home 10% 10% <br />These goals are set based on current commute trip patterns, modeled future growth, and expected new <br />projects and land use policies to build out dense centers with non-motorized and transit options for <br />residents. Light rail will be serving both growth centers, and the city wants to increase transit trips and <br />walking or biking trips while decreasing drive alone trips. Transit coordination is essential at multimodal <br />hubs such as Everett Station, where local and regional providers operate. <br />In the last ten years, employer policies increased the share of trips in the city that are now being <br />replaced by residents working from home. In 2022 roughly 11% of commute trips were replaced by work <br />from home. This is also reflected in the mode split targets and can be supported by Transportation <br />Demand Management strategies, discussed below. <br />Transportation Demand Management <br />The demand side of a multimodal transportation network is addressed with Transportation Demand <br />Management (TDM). The concept of Transportation Demand Management has evolved from a focus on <br />commuters and strategies for reducing single occupancy vehicle demand at peak times to a focus on <br />maximizing the modal choices of all travelers and trip types. This new focus includes a broader set of <br />diverse strategies. Puget Sound Regional Council’s Regional Transportation Plan Defines TDM as: <br />“a coordinated set of programs to help people use the transportation system more efficiently through <br />education, incentives, products (like subsidized transit fare cards), and programs that make it easier and <br />more convenient to use non-drive alone modes such as transit, carpool, vanpool, walking, biking, and <br />teleworking. These programs are typically implemented by cities, counties, transit agencies, <br />transportation management associations (TMAs), non-profits, or other entities."